Driveline Baseball is the industry leading data-driven baseball performance facility located in Kent, Wash.

“I want to go there because I know it’s a place where I can maximize my training for the summer,” Bourneuf said. “They are the leaders in pitcher development.”

Bourneuf is a right-handed pitcher who is not happy where he is with his current velocity.

Luckily for Bourneuf, Driveline offers a proven solution.

Training at Driveline worked for fellow teammate Nathan Blauser, a junior pitcher on the Quincy University baseball team.

Blauser went from throwing 84 to hitting upper 80s consistently in his first semester back at Quincy after training at Driveline. This was the summer of 2017, after Blauser’s freshman year at Quincy.

“I would like to be able to sit 85-87 mph after leaving,” Bourneuf said. “This would also allow myself to compete at a higher level.”

Blauser thinks he can get it done.

“I think Charlie will thrive in the environment that Driveline provides, and will walk away a better player and person after his training there is done,” Blauser said.

Pitching development doesn’t only focus on velocity. Driveline baseball has the latest technology for pitchers to track their spin rate, spin efficiency, as well as horizontal and vertical movement with a Rapsodo.

Bourneuf will spend five days a week throwing and lifting in the facility.

‘Helping serious pitchers become the best they can’ is what Driveline Baseball proclaims on its website.

All this sounds great, so what is stopping Bourneuf from making the cross-country trek to Seattle?

“The price, it’s quite expensive since I’d have to live in Seattle all summer while training.”